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Polaris Named a Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s 2021 Top Supply Chain Project with ToolsGroup

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BOSTON (June 16, 2020) – Supply & Demand Chain Executive , the only publication covering the entire global supply chain, selected Polaris to receive a “Top Supply Chain Projects Award for 2021” for its project with ToolsGroup. Go to www.sdcexec.com to view the full list of all 2021 Top Supply Chain Projects winners.

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Marijuana Supply Chain: Profits and Headaches

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Starting next week, recreational marijuana sales will be legal in Maryland, and over the next two years, will be legal in Virginia and Minnesota. Marijuana distributors will ship the final products to a dispensary and / or warehouse goods that are waiting to be sold.

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Marijuana Supply Chain: Profits and Headaches

Logistics Viewpoints

Starting next week, recreational marijuana sales will be legal in Maryland, and over the next two years, will be legal in Virginia and Minnesota. Marijuana distributors will ship the final products to a dispensary and / or warehouse goods that are waiting to be sold.

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Understand the Pitfalls of IBP Before Embarking on a Supply Chain Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

The company ships directly to customers and also to distributors. Mr. Herrin came out of retirement in October of 2021 to join GEON. For example, while GEON has over 2000 customers, initially they are manually building forecasts for 600 customers and 1200 ship-to locations. These plants, in turn, produce roughly 2000 products.

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Customer-Obsessed Businesses are Upping Their Last-Mile Game

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year-on-year in 2020 with a 39% increase in Q1 2021. market opened a sortation center in Minnesota last year to strengthen its last-mile capabilities. in July 2021. A report published by IBM states that the pandemic has powered the shift away from stores to online shopping by close to five years. Data from the U.S.

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How the Labor Shortage is Impacting Order Fulfillment and the Trucking Industry (2021)

BR Williams Supply Chain Management

In April of 2021, the number of workers who quit their job in a single month broke an all-time U.S. The Minnesota Trucking Association estimates the country has a shortage of 60,000 drivers due to longtime recruitment issues, early retirement, and COVID-canceled driving-school classes.

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What Caused the Baby Formula Shortage + 7 Ways Consumers and Companies are Coping

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The category started to see stocking challenges beginning in July 2021, and the situation has continued to worsen into 2022.”. The category started to see stocking challenges beginning in July 2021, and the situation has continued to worsen into 2022.”. ” We normally might pack an entire truck before we ship it.